Texas Compulsory School Attendance Law

Author : W. F. Doughty
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ISBN 13 : 9781331274414
Total Pages : 30 pages
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Download or read book Compulsory School Attendance written by W. F. Doughty and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-12 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Compulsory School Attendance: State of Texas Sec. 71a. Attendance Requirements and Provisions. - Every child in this State who is eight years and not more than fourteen years old shall be required to attend the public schools in the district of its residence, or in some other district to which it may be transferred, as provided by law, for a period of not less than sixty days for the scholastic year, beginning September 1, 1916, and for a period of not less than eighty days for the scholastic years (year) beginning September 1, 1917, and for the scholastic year 1918-19, and each scholastic year thereafter a minimum attendance of 100 days shall be required. In the administration of the compulsory school attendance law, the first day of September will be employed in determining the child's scholastic age. If the child was eight years old and not more than fourteen years of age on the first day of September, it will come within the requirements of the law and be required to attend school sixty consecutive days during the school year 1916-17. Therefore, the age of the child on the first day of September is the school age of the child for the entire year. Sec. 71b. The period of compulsory school attendance at each school shall begin at the opening of the school term unless otherwise authorized by the district school trustees and notice given by the trustees prior to the beginning of such school term; provided, that no child shall be required to attend school for a longer period than the maximum term of the public school in the district where such child resides. If the beginning of the compulsory school attendance period be changed from the opening of the school term, notice there of shall be posted on the schoolhouse door of the district, delivered to the county superintendent, handed to the superintendent, principal, or other official of private, denominational or parochial schools, and published in the local papers, if there be any, prior to the opening day of the regular school term. Failure to receive official notice will not absolve any school officer, instructor, or private tutor from the requirements of the law. It is highly desirable that the compulsory school attendance period be placed as near as practicable to the opening of the regular school term, and the county superintendent will find it easier to administer the requirements of the law if he succeeds in getting school trustees to adopt as nearly as possible a uniform date for the beginning of the compulsory attendance period. Sec. 72a. Exemptions. - The following classes of children are exempt from the requirements of this Act: (a) Any child in attendance upon a private or parochialschool or who isbeing properly instructed by a private tutor. The attendance officer may excuse any child from attendance upon the public free school who is in actual attendance upon a private or parochial school, or whois being properly instructed by a private tutor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.